St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-25
Zen. Lee and Party Visited the Chamber
of Commerce and Made
Brief Speeches.
Maggie Mitchell as Fanohon Drew a
Crowded House at the Grand.
Other ADJUSTMENTS.
Wants of the State Board of Agricu1-
ture---A Part of Governor
McG1ll's staff.
A Divorce Suit For Alleged Adultery
New Interpretations The
Congregational Club.
BEFORE THE CHAMBER.

Eisting uished Visitors to the City
Make Short Speeches at the Cham
Der of Commerce Meeting.
When the board of directors of the cham
Der of commerce met yesterday morning the
resignation of the secretary was read and
referred to the executive committee. The
rules were then suspended and Mr.. Smalley
offered the following resolutions, which
were adopted:
Resolved, That the chamber of commerce,
representing the hearty and unanimous SEN
elments of tue people of St. Paul, cordially
welcomes the distinguished governor of Vir-
ginia Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, and his travelling
companions, to our st. Paul winter carnival
festivities.
Resolved, That the reception committee be
directed to invite Gov. Lee and the members
of his party to visit the chamber this morn
ing and receive personally the greetings Of
its members and their congratulations on the
progress, the prosperity and the new life of
the Old Dominion, whose chief executive
chair he so ably nils.
The committee on reception having re-
tired in discharge of its duty, the regular
order of business was resumed. Mr.. Mer-
Till made motion that the vote taken at
the last meeting Of the chamber on the sub
ject of issuing bonds for parks be reconsid-
cred. This was lost. Mr.. Peet read a
statement giving the debt, assessed valua-
ton. population and debt per cent. of val
uation of some sixteen cities, and the state
ment was referred to the committee on
legislation. Mr.. McClung chairman of the
Mississippi river committee handed in a
report on the connection between the waters
of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, which
was published in full in yesterday morn
ings GLOBE. 1t was laid over one week. Mr.
Smalley desired to ascertain whether any
member of the board could give informa-
ton as to the time of the completion of the
cable lines of this city, and followed his
question with some vigorous remarks on the
inadequacy of our transit facilities. Mr..
Rogers and Mr.. Horn gave what they knew
about the legal position. Mr.. Cochran de-
Tended the Street Railroad company, and
finally the committee on transportation was
requested to ascertain if the city is likely to
have a cable line this year. At this point
Mr.. Cochran, as chairman of the reception
committee, informed the board that Gov.
Fitz Hugh Lee, governor of Virginia, and
some fifteen of his friends, were present in
compliance with the invitation from the
board. In the mean time the gentlemen
referred to entered the hall and President
Blakely invited Gov. Lee to a seat on the
platform, and introduced him to the mem
berS of the board.
On being thus introduced Gov. Lee made
few remarks in which he said that he and
his companions
CAME FROM THE OLDEST
10 one of the youngest states; from the
state that gave to the American govern
alent its first general, Washington; its first
statesman, Jefferson; its first orator, Pat
rick Henry; its greatest juriSt, Tom Mar
shall. This sudden and unexpected re-
minder caused a good deal of applause,
which made it necessary for the speaker to
pause for few seconds. He continued:
A short time ago we of the South had occa-
sion to contend with you of the North, but
that contest was more due TO general mis-
understanding both sides than to any
really unllind feelings. The South had for
generations been taught the doctrine of state
sovereignty. Children were taught it, and
all through their lives the same doctrine was
impressed upon the minds of all. The South
believed it had a right to withdraw under GER
tain conditions. For four years we fought
and at last the white wings of peace are
spread abroad over our whole land. To-day
Virginia has no other desire than to build up
this whole country. We are greatly delighted
with the progress, and the multiplying evil
dences of general prosperity which we see
here in these two great cities of st. Paul and
Minneapolis. We feel that we are among
friends, that we are all American citizens and
IlaI we al e al allKe interested IN the pro-
gress of this country.
Ex-Gov. Malye. on being introduced
spoke briefly. Gov. Lee was great sol
der, he said, and now he had come to
be great speaker. In certain sense. the
speaker said. he was citizen of st. Paul
He came here in 1888 and had been here al
most every year since. Thomas Nelson
Paige another of the visitors, expressed
thanks for the cordial reception. He said
that the ST. Paul chamber of commerce in a
few minutes had done what it took the
army long time to do. 1t had captured
Richmond. Mayor Richard A. Venable, of
Baltimore, also made a few pleasant.
humorous remarks, after which recess
was taken and every one present was in
troduced to the gentlemen from Richmond.
About half an hour was spent in this way,
after which the board adjourned and the
visitors were driven around town.